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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Boeing workers perform cleanliness inspections on the inside of the fairing that will encapsulate the GOES-N spacecraft for launch. GOES-N, to be launched into orbit for NASA aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket later this month, was the focus of a media opportunity on June 2. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) are sponsored by NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Since its arrival on March 11, the satellite has been undergoing final testing by Boeing Satellite Systems of the imaging system, instrumentation, communications and power systems.